Country music tell stories. That's something that I can relate to.
I like telling stories about people with problems. I can't really put it much simpler than that.
I'm actually quite critical of the storytelling theme. I think all the storytellers are not storytellers.
The redemption plot is one of the oldest story shapes.
I did have imprinted on me the idea of trauma that changes things dramatically and suddenly. As a writer, I return to that again and again because it fascinates me, and it's where I come from, in a sense.
A strong theme is always running through a well-told story.
Almost all serious stories in the world are stories of failure with a death in it. But there is more lost paradise in them than defeat.
Story is important but the most important is the theme and how you're going to convey theme cinematically. I'm a believer also.
